LEAMINGTON edged out Moseley by two wickets in a last-ball thriller at Arlington Avenue.

Jason Robinson (39) and Huw Jones (37) were the mainstays of the Moseley innings which was terminated at 199 by the first delivery of the 55th over as four Spa bowlers helped themselves to a brace of wickets.

Leamington found the going equally tough as Ricardo Gordon spearheaded the Moseley attack with a 4-59 assault.

But MCC Young Professional Tom Lewis held the innings together with a smooth 55, Michael Balac complemented his four victims behind the stumps with an invaluable 35 and Udit Talati notched an undefeated 20 to nudge them to the finishing line.

Berkswell maintained their 100-per-cent momentum at the head of Division One when they squeezed home in another tense duel against Wombourne.

The Staffordshire side were bowled out for 169, Babar Khan (4-27) and Dave Brignull (3-36) doing the bulk of the damage as four wickets fell without addition at one stage while skipper Dominic Ostler prompted memories of his Warwickshire pomp with four slip catches.

The old batting magic was not in evidence – he fell first ball as Dale and Adam Quiney reduced the home side to a perilous 9-4 in the fourth over. But, as in the previous week’s victory against Dorridge, Mohammed Akhlaq proved the ideal man in a crisis, sharing vital partnerships of 44 with Wes Hartslieff, 33 with Khizer Zaman and 55 with Jonathan Coleman to finish unbeaten on 71 as Berkswell eased home on 170-8.

That leaves them five points clear of Kenilworth Wardens, who logged their third win from four starts with a 49-run success against Shifnal.

The ever-reliable Shitansu Kotak (39) was well supported by James Jordan (33) as Wardens reached 204-9 despite the best efforts of Iain Mills (4-50).

A deadly early burst by Alistair Wilkinson (4-54) reduced the home side to 42-5 and they slumped to 103-9 as Kotak (4-31) got to work on the middle order, but they at least salvaged some respectability as Jonty Mountford (28) and Adam Shimmons (23) shared a last-wicket stand of 52.

Coventry & North Warwickshire collected seven points when they just held out for an improbable draw at Bromsgrove.

Brett D’Oliveira stroked a superb 104 off 98 deliveries to steer Bromsrove to 272-8 off their 55 overs, and that seemed more than enough to seal victory as Coventry struggled to 77-6 against a fired-up attack led by Kieran O’Connor.

But Marco Higgins (37) helped Mike Pickering (71) put on a defiant century stand for the seventh wicket and, although O’Connor collected two more scalps to boost his tally to 4-62, Cov-entry saw out time at 207-9.

Stratford-upon-Avon went down by six wickets against Division Two leaders Harborne when they found themselves on the receiving end of an inspired display by home skipper Rajiv Sen.

His 4-26 spell ripped the heart out of the Stratford innings and, after they had limped to 170-9, he blasted 65 that, with the aid of Gary Hawkins’s unbeaten 55, swept Harbonre to 172-4 in the 39th over.